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Wednesday's mild and clear—plenty of daylight left to play with.

Fourteen degrees, high UV, and the sun won't set till after nine. A proper late-summer day.

Wed · Aug 5, 2026 Updated 11:55 AM
Wednesday's mild and clear—plenty of daylight left to play with.

Morning's mild out there—14 and partly cloudy, which means you're golden for the commute without a jacket. UV's sitting at 6, which is high, so if you're spending the afternoon outside, sunscreen's doing real work today. You've got over 15 hours of daylight, and sunset doesn't roll in until 9:16 PM, so there's time to burn.

Roads look clear this morning. The Foothills are worth checking if you're heading that way, but nothing's flagged as a major headache right now.

Worth keeping in your head: we just wrapped the driest July on record here—Edmonton got hammered with rain while we watched the sun do its thing. On the harder-news side, there was a wrong-way crash on Tsuut'ina Trail yesterday that killed four people. Fire damage is making the investigation really difficult for the folks working it.

Also in the civic notes—the city's fielding questions about seniors losing home services as of September 30, and there's a boil-water advisory out for Butterfield Acres petting farm southwest of Airdrie if that's somewhere you or the kids go.

If you're thinking lunch or dinner, Cold Garden Beverage in Inglewood just launched a wine line at their taproom, which is a nice move if you're in the neighbourhood. There's also noise about several burger spots worth a detour around town—Class Clown, Penny Crown, and a handful of others are getting some real attention. And if you've got a soft spot for cereal ice cream, Marda Loop's Tat's Treats has built something pretty wild from what started as a pregnancy craving.

One heads-up on groceries: Costco's pulled Alfa Croissants nationwide over a potential mould contamination, so check your freezer if you've got a box at home.

Tonight's got some real options. The Wild are playing their first W Canadian Championship match at Spruce Meadows at 7:00 PM against Club Soccer Mont-Royal Outremont—that's solid early-season stakes. If live soccer's not your thing, Blue Rodeo's at Grey Eagle, or Dino Archie's running stand-up at The Laugh Shop. Weather's cooperating all evening, so if you're heading out, you don't need to overthink the layers.

Get out and use this daylight. See you around.

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